The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Odonata

(Damselflies & Dragonflies)

COENAGRIONIDAE

Ischnura kellicotti Williamson

Lilypad Forktail


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Distribution Citations

1978 Donnelly

[1990 Dunkle]
[1996 Westfall & May]
1997 Abbott Stewart Moulton
[1998 Abbott & Stewart]
1999 Orr Honig Behrstock

2005 Abbott
[2008 NatureServe]

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:
<this species has been vetted and accepted as a valid Texas species>

-First Texas Record reported by Donnelly (1978)

-nymphs in ponds with floating vegetation, nymphs on underside of leaves (Orr, Honig Behrstock 1998); cling to underside of pond lily leaves (Dunkle 1990); nymphs strongly associated with floaging lily pads in lakes (Abbott 2005)

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